Improvement in machines for making spools



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J. F. C. RIDER.

Machines for Making pools. 135,443.

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Patented Feb. 4,1873.

AM. PHOTO-ZIIHOGRAFHIOCO.MX(0SBDRNE.PROCESS) .either or both of itsends.

PATENT Grrron.

JOHN F. U. RIDER, OF SOUTH-NEW MARKET, NEW" HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT lN MACHINES FOR MAKING SPOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Iii-5:443, datedFebruary 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. O. RIDER, of South New Market, of the countyof Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulMachine for Making Spools, Bobbins, or various other articles of likenature; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in thefollowing specification and represented in the accompanying drawing, ofwhich Figure 1 is atop view; Fig. 2, a rear elevation Fig. 3, a sideelevation and Fig. 4, a longitudinal section, of it. Fig. 5 is anotherlongitudinal section. The plane of section of Figs. 4 and 5 is throughthe several rotary receivers, one section exhibiting the mechanism tothe right, and the other to the left of such plane.

The machine proper is to out a long stick into sections or blanks of theproper length for being reduced to spools. Each blank after bein gsevered from the stick will be transferred to a rotary receiver, and byit will be conveyed and presented to mechanism for boring it lengthwise,after which the blank will be discharged into another rotary receiver,and by it will be conveyed and presented to mechanismfor reducing-theblank on its ends to the proper length. Next, the blank will betransferred to another rotary receiver, and by it will be carried tomechanism for revolving it, and reducing it circumferentially, and also,if necessary, for stamping or ornamenting it on The several rotaryreceivers have, while the machine is in operation, intermittcnt rotarymotions, such as will enable the above-mentioned operations to beperformed. Furthermore, I have combined with the spool-making machine amechanism for rounding the stick, or reducing it to a cylindrical form,preparatory to the introduction of it into such machine. Therounding-machine is so arranged as to save labor, or be very convenientfor an attendant in applying the stick to the main machine, for afterhaving inserted the stick in the roundin g-machine he receives suchstick as it passes therefrom over the receiving part of thespooling-machine, and at the proper time places the stick in the latter,andwhile the latter is in opera tion on the stick the workman has timeto introduce into the rounding-machine and receive from it anotherstick.

In the drawing, A denotes the frame of the spoofing-machine, which, atits rear, has two parallel and horizontal ways or rails, to a, on whichis placed a movable poppet or head, B, to slide freely on the railslongitudinally thereof. A weight, I), connected with the poppet B by acord, cfduly arranged, serves to draw the poppet toward a notched restor stationary poppet, G, arranged as shown, it being represented in endelevation in Fig. 6. The first rotary receiver is seen at D, itconsisting of a wheel having a series of notches in it at its periphery,they being arranged at equal distances apart. All the rotary receivers,of which there are three more, E, F, and G, are alike, and are arrangedone in advance of the other, in manner asexihibited, and on separateshafts, d, e, f, and g, furnished with a connecting train of gears, 70 lm n 0 p q r s, all being as shown in side elevation in Fig. 7.Aratchet-wheel, t, fixed on the first shaft, (1, receives intermittentrotary motion from a pawl, a, pivoted to the side of a wheel, u,arranged on the shaft 61, and provided with mechanism for imparting toit a reciprocating intermittent rotary motion, all of p which will behereinafter explained. The secondary driving-shaft ofthe machine isshown at H as geared toanother or auxiliary shaft, I, by means ofbevel-gears o w. The shaft I'carries a cam or wiper, :r, to work againsta stud, y, projecting from one arm of a lever, K, arranged as shown, andprovided with a weight, a suspended from its upper arm, such arm beingconnected with the wheel a by a rod, b pivoted to the two. The cam, byhaving a continuous rotarymotion, will impart to the lever a movementone way on its fulcrum, the weight causing it to move at the proper timein the opposite direction. The pawl u in the meantime, will be advancedand retracted, and by its advance will turn the ratchet'wheel thenecessary distance, whereby each of the rotary receivers will berevolved a like distance or number of degrees, and will'remain at restuntil the next advance movementof the lever takes place. A vibra toryarm or frame, L, arranged and provided with a weight, 0 for retractingit, turns at its foot on a shaft, 01 and at its upper partsupportsanother shaft, c carrying atone end a circular saw, M, which is toderive rotary motion from an endless belt going around two pulleys, f g,fixed on the shafts (1 0 The shaft (1 is to be revolved by suitablemeans. A rod, k connects the saw-frame L witha vibratory arm, #5arranged as shown. A cam or wiper, 70 on the shaft I, by acting againsta stud, l projecting from the arm i, serves, at the proper time, toeffect the advance or the saw-frame, wherebythe saw will be caused toperform its duty of severing a blank from the stick supported in and bythe two poppets,

and extended into one of the notches of the rotary receiver D. Alongsideof the said receiver D'is a curved arm or stop, m which projects from ashaft, a arranged as shown. The stop is not only to arrest the stickafter being forced into the receiver D, but to'guide the blank in itspassage to and against the inner end of the shaft 12. which is toconstitute an abutment for the blank to rest against while it maybe inthe act of being bored lengthwise by a boring-tool, 6 carried by arotary arbor, p arranged as shown. The second of the rotary receivers isplaced between the said arbor and the shaft n This latter at its innerend may be tubular or recessed, to

enable the boring-tool to pass ent r y through the blank while it iswithin the receiver E. The two shafts n p are supported by latheheads N(),besides which there are other pairs of such lathe-heads, arranged asshown at P Q R S. The second pair I Q support arbors 1 shhavingcutter-heads t a for reducing the blank on its two opposite edges, so asto square and finish it to the required length. The lathe-heads I? Qalso carry two other arbors, v whhaving heads 00 3 for stamping orornamenting or beadingthe ends of the blank or spool. The other pair ItS of latheheads support arbors 2 a for seizing and revolvin g the blankpreparatory to and while it may be in the act ofbeing reducedcircumferentially by a cutter, 2 supported in and by a movable carrier,T, arranged as shown, and to slide longitudinally or toward and from theblank. A rod, 11 connects the carrier T'with a lever or arm, 0 against astud, from whose side a cam or wiper, d fixed on a shaft, 0 acts. Theshaft 0 will'be revolved by bevelgears f 9 applied to it and thesecondary driving-shaft H. A weight, h, attached to a line, i goingthrough a stationary eye or over a pulley, W, and fixed to the lever 0serves to efi'ect the retreat or back movement of the cutter-carrier.The arbors of the boring-tool -0 and the spool-end-trimming cutter-headst 20 and also the arbor a are Eprovided with pulleys, as shown at l, 111,121 and M, which are to receive belts for effecting the revolutions-ofsuch arbors. Furthermore, each of the arbors 12 4 s '0 w 'has amechanism applied to it for advancing and retracting it longitudinally.

This mechanism consists or may consist of a cam or wiper, 0 fixed uponthe driving-shaft H, a slide'rod, 19 provided with two arms, Q2

0,- and a weight, .9 suspended from one of the arms, and having itssuspension-line t going around a guide, 2?, arranged as shown. The upperarm of the sliderod extends up to the arbor and between collars o vfixed thereon, as shown, all being arranged as represented in thedrawing.

The rest or poppet O has applied to it what I term a retainer, suchbeing a mechanism for holding the stick stationary or from revolvingwhile in the act of being cut by the saw. The retainer is composed of abent lever, U. There is also another such retainer to each of the rotaryreceivers D, E, and F, the same being shown at U U U these levers U U UU extend downward and \are connected by a rod, V, provided with asuspended weight, IV, for retracting it. A cam, W on the shaft I, by itsaction against the retainers U U, serves to move all the retainers atonce, so as to force their upper arms downward upon the blanks when inthe several rotary receivers.

In order that the machine may be run at different speeds by adriving'belt, there is fixed upon the shaft 0 a friction-wheel, a to runagainst the largest of a series or cone of pulleys, arranged as shown atX, the same to be forced into contact with the wheel a by a lever, Y,connected by a rod, 0 with the movable box I) of the cone-pulley arbor.Inclined planes or guides at, arranged in the manner as shown betweenthe rotary receivers, serve to guide the blankfrom one to the other ofthem; it at the proper period being forced out'of one into the next ofsuch receivers by a suitable mechanism, which, as shown in Fig. 5, maybe a lever, ai to extend into the receivers D E F, and be moved one wayby a cam, b and drawn backby a weight, 0, the whole being so as. todrive the blank from one receiver into the next, as may be required.

In order that the lever may operate to advantage I prefer to arrange itsupper arm in a groove, d cut around in the receiver to a depth somewhatgreater than that of each of the notches of the receiver. The severallevers a may be so connected that one cam and one weight will sufficefor their simultaneous operations,

The machine for rounding the stick may be described as follows: It isarranged to the right of the first rotary receiver D, in manner asshown, it being represented in longitudinal section in Fig. 8. Itconsists, mainly, of a pair of feed-wheels, f g, a tubular arbor, 71.provided with one or more rounding-cutters, 5 and a pair ofdraft-rollers, k Z, all arranged, supported, and provided with operativemechanism or gears, pulleys and belts, and drivingshaft, all asrepresented.

I claim- 1. In combination with mechanism, substantially as described,for supporting and advancing the stick, (viz., the stationary rests (3 mand the movable poppet B, and its operative mechanism,) the circular sawM, the se The longer arms of v ries of rotary'receivers D E F G, theboring mechanism, (viz., the stop-shaft W, and the boring tool 0 and itsoperative mechanism,) the mechanism for dressing the ends of the blank,(via, the rotary cutter-heads t a and their operative mechanism,) andthe mechan ism for reducing such blank circu mferent-iall y, (viz., thearbors 2 a and the carrier T, pro' vided with a cutter and mechanism, asdescribed, for operating them as explained,) the said saw and rotaryreceivers being provided with mechanism for operating them,essentiallyas set forth.

2. In combination with the combination or mechanism herein firstclaimed, one or more retainers, U U U U arranged and applied in mannerand for the purpose, and provided with mechanism for operating it, asset forth.

3. In combination with the combination or mechanism herein firstclaimed, mechanism as described, or its equivalent, for stamping the.ends of the blanks, such consisting of the Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

